Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace
Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.
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- 1.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a drum by the playground, a lemon by the library, a fan by the teacher’s desk, a tomato by the blackboard, a guava by the classroom door. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) drum (b) tomato (c) fan (d) lemon
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a banana by the classroom door, a wallet by the stairs, a watch by the blackboard, a monkey by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the library. Where did you place the wallet? (a) blackboard (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) library
- 3.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
- 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an anchor by the TV, a rose by the kitchen, a rope by the sofa, an umbrella by the dining table, a cat by the bed. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) rose (b) cat (c) anchor (d) rope
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a banana by the swing, a parrot by the banyan tree, a doll by the post box, a key by the park gate, a jug by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) doll (b) parrot (c) key (d) banana
- 8.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
- 9.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
- 10.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a lemon by the blackboard, an owl by the classroom door, a pillow by the library, a banana by the playground, a monkey by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) pillow (b) monkey (c) lemon (d) owl
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umbrella by the bench, a duck by the swing, a needle by the slide, a vase by the fruit cart, a violin by the park gate. Where did you place the needle? (a) fruit cart (b) swing (c) slide (d) park gate
- 13.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the method of loci (c) chunking (d) the rhyme method
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an owl by the blackboard, a mirror by the library, a rose by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the stairs, a parrot by the classroom door. Where did you place the rose? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) stairs
- 15.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 17.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a frog by the bed, an ant by the dining table, a rose by the sofa, a violin by the TV, a mirror by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) violin (b) mirror (c) frog (d) ant
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a frog by the shoe rack, a whistle by the TV, a tent by the door, a drum by the sofa, a flute by the gate. Where did you place the flute? (a) gate (b) TV (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a key by the sofa, an umpire by the TV, a spoon by the shoe rack, a ball by the kitchen, a frog by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) frog (b) umpire (c) spoon (d) key
- 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
- 22.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
- 23.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a shoe by the banyan tree, a violin by the post box, a parrot by the bus stop, a duck by the park gate, a jalebi by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) shoe (b) jalebi (c) duck (d) parrot
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a tent by the TV, a duck by the door, a nest by the shoe rack, a lamp by the sofa, a tiger by the dining table. What did you place by the sofa? (a) duck (b) lamp (c) tent (d) tiger
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a radio by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the post box, a wallet by the bus stop, a mango by the fruit cart, a cat by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) mango (b) wallet (c) ice cream (d) cat
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a vase by the TV, a needle by the sofa, a violin by the bed, a lemon by the dining table, a van by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) lemon (b) violin (c) needle (d) vase
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umpire by the bench, an umbrella by the swing, a drum by the slide, a banana by the fruit cart, a cat by the park gate. What did you place by the slide? (a) drum (b) umbrella (c) banana (d) umpire
- 29.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
- 30.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an onion by the dining table, a vase by the TV, a whistle by the shoe rack, a duck by the door, an igloo by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) igloo (b) whistle (c) duck (d) vase
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a banana by the sofa, a violin by the TV, a doll by the gate, a ball by the door, a drum by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) doll (b) ball (c) drum (d) banana
- 33.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a drum by the library, an onion by the blackboard, an orange by the stairs, a radio by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the classroom door. Where did you place the radio? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) library (d) teacher’s desk
- 35.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
- 36.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
- 37.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the TV, a tomato by the shoe rack, a shoe by the sofa, a ball by the door, a sock by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) shoe (b) sock (c) tomato (d) ball
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umbrella by the bench, an anchor by the fruit cart, a key by the slide, a whistle by the swing, a drum by the park gate. Where did you place the key? (a) bench (b) swing (c) park gate (d) slide
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a banana by the playground, a duck by the blackboard, a cat by the library, a tiger by the classroom door, an igloo by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) cat (b) tiger (c) igloo (d) duck
Answer key
- tomato
- stairs
- add more stops
- put pictures at stops
- step 3
- rose
- key
- yes, with new pictures
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- owl
- slide
- the method of loci
- teacher’s desk
- put pictures at stops
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- violin
- gate
- spoon
- step 1
- fix stops in order
- to keep the order
- parrot
- lamp
- mango
- lemon
- drum
- choose a place you know
- one you know very well
- vase
- drum
- step 2
- teacher’s desk
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- ball
- slide
- tiger
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